BJ

Mike Bianchi

It's only a matter of time until Oregon and USF merge into one school.

I don't mind rooting for them in the Pac. I imagine it would be a bit of a strange feeling to see them actually win a national championship, though.

I had so much fun in Bham last time. Shame I can't make it this time.

Understood. I dont have a problem with unobtrusive ads, but the cancerous ones ruin it for everybody.

PC. I got "disable adblock", I disabled adblock, still got the "disable adblock" message, and that's about all the time I was willing to put into it. Perhaps I'll try on mobile.

Since I can't watch it, I'm just going to assume its good.

Or, he's a troll and that's the exact reason he bumped it...

Who knew? He knew.

Damnit, Brad, I had things to do today!

The meaning of "next level" is subjective. I think a good way to interpret that would be winning the AAC, as winning a conference would obviously be huge and new territory for us. In that respect, I do think it's very likely that Strong will take us there. Beyond that, a lot of it is really out of his hands. As long as he's winning, he's done his part to get us into a P5, the rest it outside of his control. If he isn't winning, then he can't be considered a success anyway. Given the right opportunities, I do think it's possible for him to take us to the promised land, but saying it's "very likely" would be a stretch.

#StartStrongFinishStrong

You're welcome? Please, feel free to elaborate.

His concerns may be real, but his assertions that this lighthearted poll was "tasteless", or somehow an example of white privilege, are beyond absurd.

I think his comments could have been interpreted either way. "I don't want to talk about it" seems pretty bad, but maybe he just didn't want to spill the beans. "I'll be back" sounds good, but maybe it was just a nervous comment in a "I should probably say something here" moment. Who knows. It was also in the morning, he was late so maybe he just woke up and was still tired. Perhaps he was caught off guard by being bombarded by a reporter when he wasn't expecting it. I'm not reading too much into his comments either way. The other circumstances of what has been going on, however, are still encouraging. All we can do is wait and see.